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One of the biggest climate threats is the most familiar: Rain
Heavy rainfall can be just as damaging to crops and cities as drought and extreme heat, and the U.S has been experiencing more of both.
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Here’s how hot your hometown will feel by midcentury
Without climate action, up to a quarter of the U.S. could feel hotter than 127 F at least one day a year.
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These scientists found 2,500 years of economic history frozen in ice
Scientists and historians are looking to remote glaciers for insights into events like the Black Plague and Great Depression.
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Meet the guy swimming through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Ben Lecomte and his team are swimming through one of the most cluttered sections of the ocean in the world to raise awareness about marine plastic pollution
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Stop building a spaceship to Mars and just plant some damn trees
If we filled all the extra space on the planet with trees, we could cut carbon by about 25 percent (in theory).
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150 million trees died in California’s drought, and worse is to come
A new study suggests more bad news for California's trees.
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Watch out, Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This ocean cleanup device MIGHT work this time.
An 18 year old whiz kind said he'd clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 6 years and $20 million later, he's still trying
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Those honeybees you’re so worried about? They’re killing off wild bee species.
A new study shows that viruses infecting domestic honeybees are spreading to wild pollinators.
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Desalination plants are here, but they’re not solving the water crisis yet
Processing saltwater is an increasingly viable freshwater source, but it's still a pricey process -- for our wallets and for the environment.
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Warmer waters mess with the Northeast’s cod-given right to fish
Fishing as Maine fishermen know it will likely have to undergo big changes due to a warmer climate.
